A molecular, morphometric and mechanical comparison of the structural elements of byssus from Mytilus edulis and Mytilus galloprovincialis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1807-1817

  Lucas, Jared M ^a   Vaccaro, Eleonora ^a   Waite, J Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Byssal thread; Byssus; cDNA; Collagen; Mussel; Mytilus edulis; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADHESIVENESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSSELS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA;

MYTILUS EDULIS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ADAPTATION; ADHESION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036022290     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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